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J. E. BURDGE, OF'CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Zd/dm) %f70-be71). Letters .Patent No. 76,299, dated April T, 1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN SPINNING-MAGHINE.

TQ ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Beit known that I, J. E. BURDGE, of the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, and State of Ohio, have invented a'newand useful Improvement in a Cotton-Giuning and Spinning-Machine; and I do hereby declare that'the followinglis a full, clear, and exact description'ot the construction land operation-of the sa-me, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of'this specication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation, and 4 Figure 3 is adetached plan -of picker-cylinder B, tinted roller P, and .cone-pulley T I.

The nature of my invention consists in placing a iluted roller, P, in the inner and upper curve, (Z, of the gin-ribs c, so that the lower periphery ofthe roller will come about even with the upper terminus ofthe slots s, through which the gin-saws on cylinder B work, and then rotating this roller in thesame direction as the giucylinder B, which ,prevents the cotton from clogging or choking in the upper terminus ot' the aforesaid slots s, and causes it-to be kept constantly and regularly rolling on the breast of the gin-cylinder B, and in this way supplying the picker-teeth and the cards Es E2 El evenly with cotton, that is finally received and spun upo'n thel spindles into a. smooth and even yarn.

' I place a cone-pulley, T, on one end of the tinted 'roller P, so that the speed of said roller can be increased or diminished thereby, as the case requires, Ito spin a tine or coarse thread. To spin a n'e thread, the speed oi' the roller should be increased, and decreased `when a coarse thread is required.- s

vvIn the old way, without the roller, the cotton would clog in the upper terminus ofthe slots s, consequently Wouldnot be fed regularly to the cards E1 E2 E3, and the thread would, therefore, become very uneven', and break down,causiug mulch trouble and delay, besides making poor Work. My improvement entirely obviates vthis dii'culty, besides requiring only one-half the attention', i

.A A A, represent a Wooden frame, to which all the machinery is attached. V, the mote-box, and G the spindles, which are driven 'by band a a from the drum O. SE1 E E3 are cards, for carding the cotton. The crank c. isl secured to one end ot' the ,dra\ving-1oller F, on which the main driving-pulley B is attached. The vgin-cylinder B is driven by band from pulleys X and B. The cone-pulley T (which isV fastened on the uted roller-shaftu, and driven from the pulley on gin-cylinder shaft u) is provided with two sheaves, q q, so that thespeed of lthe 'iiut'ed roller P may` 'oc altered to run faster or slower, as the case requires, to spin a fine or coarse thread. Whena tine thread is desired, the bandZ is caused to'work onthe small sheave g, and on the large shcave g when acoarse thread is required. v;

The cotton is fed into the hopper H, and is carried up by the gin-teeth K until it meets the iiuted roller AP, which, being rotated in the proper direction, wipes it off from the ribs e, and rolls it back against the breast- 'board N, which, beingslightly concaved, causes it to slide down againon the gin-teeth K, and by which it is instantly taken up, 4as before. The libres that are carried through the gin-ribs c are taken up by the small card E3, and carried to the next card, E2, which, in return, takesA and lays them on thev card E, and from-thence they are taken oil, in the usual and well-known Way, by a comb or doi'er, and passed, through the drawing-rollers F, to the spindles G, and twisted into yarn What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y The combination and arrangement of the iluted roller P, cylinder B, and carding-cylinders E2 E3 E, as and for the purpose ,setfortln l In combination with the above, I claim the spindlesvG, as and for the purpose set forth.

J. E. BURDGE.

l Witnesses C. 1L.' FISHER, i' JOHN H. Bocm'r. 

